how are the english looking forward to the ban on smoking in public places.?

Question

here in scotland we have had the ban for over a year now. its been great for non smokers like myself but as a smoker would this make you think twice about going out for a drink etc.

Answer 1

my friend who lives in scotland says that she stopped smoking now cos of it because she used to have to think twice about smoking and was always scared in case she got into trouble so she just stopped. i think the smoking ban is good for all people, plus it creates a better atmosphere for people to just chill without the smell of smoke lingering onto your clother. eugh!
children are seeing less of it in the pubs and places when they go out to eat. they no longer suffer from passive smoking whenever they try to go out to eat so i, as an english, am quite looking forward to the ban .

Answer 2

England is slowly losing the tolerance for which it was once famous. Much of our Common Law, for example, in which the intention to commit a crime, as well as your actual committing the act, had to be proven, has been replaced by statutes that are 'strict' , in which only committing the crime need be proven. There is very little mitigation available in such statutes, and even fewer defences.

So it is with the smoking ban. Why ban something when segregation is possible? Most of our pubs hade, or still have, two drinking rooms, so wall one off, ventilate it well, and allow the smokers to smoke and imbibe therein. They wil have to go onto the non-smoking bar to actually buy their drinks. OK, ban it in restaurants, but would it not be possible to provide a separate lounge in which smokers can enjoy an after-dinner licquer and a cigar.

Many who cheer the total ban will weep when their particular pleasure is banned. As a chef, I'd start with fast food (I'd tax it to replace some odf the revenue lost in tobacco sales). As a non-driver, I'd increased tax on road transport. As one who hates all over-amplified, so-called music, I'd ban bass boxes in cars

England need to work so that its citizens, including minority groups, can enjoy themselves without inconveniencing others. Currently, we have the band-wagon fascists. After smoking, what next. We already have a law on the statute books that makes it illegal for two thirteen year olds to kiss

Answer 3

I'm a non smoker, have been for many years, I'm looking forward to 2nd April, that's the start of No Smoking day in Wales, The answer to your question is, Yes, it will make a difference, I probably will go to pubs more when the ban is enforced. I hate coming home all smelly, Tobacco stinks!

Answer 4

As a smoker I can honestly say I really don't care. I rarely smoke around my non smoking friends anyway, which is most of them. I feel that car and plane fumes contribute more to kids asthma than cigerette smoke will we ban those from public places too?

Answer 5

In my state in the US they've banned smoking within 25 feet of entrances to buildings. It's been working out fine. I don't have to move to a different section of a restaurant or avoid dining out altogether because of my daughter's asthma and my sensitivity to smoke. My mother and sister who smoke don't mind the smoking ban in such places because it actually keeps them from smoking as much--something their own willpower hasn't been able to do. My mother has banned smoking inside her house and this has contributed positively to a reduction in her smoking (and keeping the smoke smell off her furniture and carpets too).

Anyone who has a problem with the lack of freedom can just spend an evening with a child who is asthmatic and explain to them why they can't have a "normal" life because others have to maintain their right to smoke in public places.

Answer 6

smokers like myself arent looking forward to the smoking ban, although when they do bring in the smoking ban i would consider giing up

Answer 7

Can't wait to be honest. Bugs me when smokers always say its my right to smoke its not hurting anyone else but me. They forget second hand smoke!!
How would they look it if I took a swig of beer then went and spat it down their throats and then said Its my right to drink - its not hurting anyone but me.

Answer 8

i`m welsh and our`s comes into force on the 2nd of april and as a non-smoker am looking forward to it.

Answer 9

And this is freedom? What a joke ? But you can not take one right away from a countryman and not see it to be just the tip of the iceburg as soon your rights shall be taken away,,,Just watch

Answer 10

bring it on !!!!
will be nice to go into a bingo hall without the fear of catching lung cancer

btw am ex smoker